Strong People

Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

• War

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

• Joab
• Patriotism

Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

• Power

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

• Self-will

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

• Darkness

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

• Stubble

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

• Fort

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

• Cowardice

Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

• Christians
• Liberality
• Power

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

• Thankfulness

I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

• Abraham

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;